Underground Utility
Locating Through
Air-Vacuum
Excavation

VACMASTERS is the leader in air-vacuum excavation systems, having pioneered the use of high-pressure air delivered through our proprietary nozzles to expose underground utilities. Our underground utility locating equipment is designed to dig potholes and trenches in any kind of soil. Click here to see one of our systems in action.

Potholing with Air-Vacuum Excavation

Our Air-Vacuum Excavating Systems are designed to ensure the operator can dig with air 95% of the time, however all have water on board as a backup. With a VACMASTERS system, the dry spoils that are produced while digging with air are vacuumed up for easy backfilling when the job is done, eliminating the time and expense associated with mud disposal. For underground utility locating, deep soil sampling, or pipeline maintenance using keyhole technology, with no disturbance to the road base, there is no more economical, safer, faster, or cleaner way to expose underground utilities than with a VACMASTERS Air-Vacuum Excavation System.

Our Air Technology Does the Work Faster, Easier, and Safer

It’s no secret. Air-vacuum excavation is the best way to get to buried utilities for verification or repair. Using pick and shovel crews is dangerous, labor-intensive, and expensive. Potholing with water and then vacuuming the wet spoils is cumbersome, messy, dangerous, and could damage the very utilities you are trying to locate or repair. VACMASTERS has pioneered the use of air in making potholing safe, efficient, less costly, and protective of the buried infrastructure.

Unleash the Power of Air

VACMASTERS systems use supersonic air to penetrate, expand and explode the soil from within while keeping it dry for easy vacuuming and quick backfilling. Here’s how VACMASTERS Air-Vacuum Excavation Systems work.

AIR-VACUUM EXCAVATORS

SYSTEM 6000

SYSTEM 4000

SYSTEM 3000

SYSTEM 1000

HYDRO-EXCAVATOR MUD VAC

SPOILVAC